Then of course, my granddad left a 1939 (Gibson) J45 behind and of course, he passed away when my dad was 6-months old so my dad didn't really get a chance to know his own dad either, but I'm his namesake as well, so of course, my dad doesn't play and so the guitar got passed on to me. I still have the guitar. I'll never part with it. So my dad used to tune that guitar through an open E chord and I used to play kind of like Jeff Healey, with my fingers and thumb to bar the bass runs and things like that. And I did that probably up until I was 10 years old. And that's when my dad took me for my first lesson which basically, I learned 6 chords. That's pretty much what spawned it all. But even in the time I wasn't playing correctly, I still did a TV show. I did "Big Stacy's Jamboree" when I was 7.

Johnny Hiland is recently used Kiesel T-style guitar S6H which has three his ... more

Johnny Hiland is recently used Kiesel T-style guitar S6H which has three his signature single pickup set.
Swamp ash body, raw tone fisnish, Kiesel treated birdeyemaple neck and hipshot hardtail bridge.
And he explained about his unique switch system.

We've got a 5-way switch here with my signature switching in it. One, three, five are like a stock Telecaster, towe is the second position of strat and four is the middle position by itself.
So that's what makes it very unique.

Amplifiers 3

Johhny has been groovin' on his new Reeve's Space Cowboy from Destroy All Gui... more

Johhny has been groovin' on his new Reeve's Space Cowboy from Destroy All Guitars. He pairs this incredible
100w head with two of his signature Johnny Hiland 4x12 cabinets (loaded with Celestion G12-K100's) from Avatar speakers.

"I just recently got turned onto the Micro-CUBE. There needs to be a law agai... more

"I just recently got turned onto the Micro-CUBE. There needs to be a law against how much fun you can have in hotel rooms with the Micro-CUBE! Man, that little amp is cool as sh*t! [Laughs.] I tell you, there’s been so many little pocket amps, and y’know, you’ve always gotta hook up some kinda pedal rig up to it, or hook something to get your effects, or to at least get a tone you’re happy with, but not the Micro-CUBE.You have all your delays, your phases, choruses, reverbs. It’s been so much fun! I’ve had a lot of people go, “Darn, man, the tone on that tape is a killer, what are you using? “They think I’m using some big rig or something, and I tell ’em it’s a Roland Micro-CUBE, and they say, “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” And it has so many voices, man. I mean, you can play jazz, it’s got a heavy metal tone in it — you can even get a Danny Gatton rockabilly tone."

I cut the whole album with my Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette with D. Allen pickups and my Bolt amplifier. I’m using the Bolt 2x12 combo. It’s a three-channel amp that’s just monstrous. Since I’ve had that amp I’ve been downsizing my pedalboard because I really haven’t needed as many pedals.

“I am SO excited, and proud, to see the release of my new JH signature KILO-W... more

“I am SO excited, and proud, to see the release of my new JH signature KILO-WAH! Gig-fx has built me the perfect Wah pedal that matches my playing in versatility. My pedal is lightweight, and is very user friendly with no on/off switches to worry about. It features a big bright LED that even a blind boy can see on stage. The four Wah effects, built in, offer a nice sweet tone with a deep sweep. My pedal is just simply awesome!!!! Gig-fx ROCKS, and the proof is in the pickin.’ Go out, and put a Gig-fx JH KILO-WAH under your foot today!!!!! It’s a wah stompin’ good time!!!!!!!!”